Last week was an historic one for cricket enthusiasts around the reality ( I pass off to be one of the three , by the way ) , as we discovered that a squad can forfeit a game by sulking .
According to a fascinating clause in this week’sEconomist , " This happen towards the end of the quaternary day of a mate played in London between England and Pakistan . During the afternoon the umpires settle that the visiting team had been tamper with the ball , and added five runs to England ’s score . In a huffy response , Pakistan refuse to resume bring promptly after the separation for tea.(Cricket still revolves around meals rather than the whims of television receiver viewers . ) After a while , the arbitrator decide that Pakistan ’s tantrum had cost it the match . “
Of of course controversary is nothing Modern to the secret plan of cricket . In 1624 , for representative , a cricket musician was killed when he was hit by a chiropteran in Sussex . More late , in 1970 , a South African enlistment of England was cancelled and South Africa banned from international play because of their apartheid insurance . Then there was the Hansie Cronje incident in 2000 . He was the South African captain who was ban from the game ( for life story ) after he admitted to receiving payoff from bookmaker . Word of God on the street is , he and Pete Rose are now the good of chums .
For those who do n’t jazz much of the history of the summercater and want to acquire more , after the jump , you ’ll rule an abridged timeline viacricinfo.com .
Dates in cricket history
1550(approx ) grounds of cricket being played in Guildford , Surrey .
1598Cricket mentioned in Florio ’s Italian”“English lexicon .
1610Reference to " cricketing" between Weald and Upland near Chevening , Kent .
1611Randle Cotgrave ’s French"“English dictionary translate the Gallic word " crosse" as a cricket faculty .
1676First reference to cricket being flirt overseas , by British resident physician in Aleppo , Syria .
1709First recorded inter - county catch : Kent v Surrey .
1710First reference to cricket at Cambridge University .
1727Articles of Agreement write order the behaviour of match between the squad of the Duke of Richmond and Mr Brodrick of Peperharow , Surrey .
1767(approx ) Foundation of the Hambledon Club in Hampshire , the leading clubhouse in England for the next 30 twelvemonth .
1771Width of bat confine to 4 1/4 inches , where it has remain ever since .
1776Earliest make out scorecards , at the Vine Club , Sevenoaks , Kent .
1780The first six - lined cricket clump , make up by Dukes of Penshurst , Kent .
1795First recorded case of a dismissal " leg before wicket".
1807First mention of " straight - armed" ( i.e. circular - arm ) bowling : by John Willes of Kent.1827First Oxford v Cambridge equal , at Lord ’s . A standoff .
1828MCC authorise the bowler hat to raise his hand stage with the elbow .
1836(approx ) Batting pads contrive .
1841General Lord Hill , commander - in - chief of the British Army , orders that a cricket reason be made an ancillary of every military barrack .
1844First prescribed international mates : Canada v United States .
1850Wicket - keeping gloves first used .
1864"Overhand bowling" pass by MCC .
1909Imperial Cricket Conference ( ICC " “ now the International Cricket Council ) set up , with England , Australia and South Africa the original members .
